The purpose of our working paper series is to provide in-depth descriptions of IPUMS methods, features, and applications of the data. All papers have completed a review process prior to the posting in the Working Paper Series, but full responsibility for the content of the paper remains with the author(s). Comments from readers should be sent directly to the author(s).
2024
- #2024-07 "Equally Available to Anyone": The Invention of Public Use Microdata at the U.S. Census Bureau, Version 2
by Diana L. Magnuson and Steven Ruggles - #2024-06 The IPUMS Business Process Model: Instituting a Workflow Mapping Strategy to Support Archival Processes
by Diana L. Magnuson - #2024-05 The IPUMS Multigenerational Longitudinal Panel: Progress and Prospects
by Steven Ruggles, Julia A. Rivera Drew, Catherine A. Fitch, J. David Hacker, Jonas Helgertz, Matt A. Nelson, Nesile Ozder, Matthew Sobek, and John Robert Warren - #2024-04 Historical Context and Creation of the IPUMS Ancestry Full Count U.S. Population Census Data 1900-1930
by Matt A. Nelson, Diana L. Magnuson, Steven Ruggles, Matthew Sobek, and Lap Huynh - #2024-03 IPUMS Full Count Datasets of the U.S. Censuses of Population 1850-1880
by Matt A. Nelson, Diana L. Magnuson, J. David Hacker, Matthew Sobek, Lap Huynh, Evan Roberts and Steven Ruggles - #2024-02 IPUMS Full Count Datasets of the United States Censuses of Mortality, 1850-1880
by J. David Hacker, Lap Huynh, Susan H. Leonard, Matt A. Nelson, Evan, Roberts and Matthew Sobek - #2024-01 IPUMS Full Count Datasets of Slaves and Slaveholders in the United States in 1850 and 1860
by J. David Hacker, Lap Huynh, Matt A. Nelson, and Matthew Sobek
2023
- #2023-03 Stewarding Our Resources: Building a Sustainable IPUMS Archival Document Access System
by Diana L. Magnuson - #2023-02 Optimized Spatial Information for 1990, 2000, and 2010 U.S. Census Microdata
by Christopher S. Fowler, James D. Gaboardi, Jonathan P. Schroeder, and David C. Van Riper - #2023-01 A Holistic Approach to Validating Current Population Survey Panel Data
by Renae Rodgers and Sarah M. Flood
2022
- #2022-03 Expanding Our Perspective: Building a Sustainable Metadata Culture
by Diana L. Magnuson and Wendy L. Thomas - #2022-02 Building New Bridges: Developing and Disseminating a Simplified Race/Ethnicity Measure for Working with Complex or Contradictory Race Data
by Carolyn A. Liebler
Cross posted as MPC Working Paper No. 2022-02 - #2022-01 Navigating COVID-19 Disruption in U.S. Time Diary Data
by Sarah Flood, Katie Genadek, Kelsey Drotning, and Liana Sayer
Cross posted as MPC Working Paper No. 2022-01
2021
- #2021-03 Weighting the IPUMS CPS Public Arts Supplement
by Michael Westberry and Renae Rodgers - #2021-02 Unraveling Geographic Complexities in the Current Population Survey
by David Van Riper, Sarah Flood, and Finn Roberts
Cross posted as MPC Working Paper No. 2021-04 and LCC Working Paper No. 2021-01 - #2021-01 Collaborations between IPUMS and Genealogical Organizations
by Steven Ruggles
2020
- #2020-03 A New Strategy for Linking Historical Censuses: A Case Study for the IPUMS Multigenerational Longitudinal Panel
by Jonas Helgertz, Joseph R Price, Jacob Wellington, Kelly Thompson, Steven Ruggles, and Catherine R. Fitch - #2020-02 Extending Current Population Survey Linkages: Obstacles and Solutions for Linking Monthly Data from 1976 to 1988 v2
by Sarah Flood, Renae Rodgers, Jose Pacas, Devon Kristiansen, and Ben Klaas - #2020-01 Building Research Infrastructure for Harmonized International Census Microdata
by Matthew Sobek and Lara Cleveland